RELIEVERS: Saves amid the chaos and fluid situations

This week we go back to fluid and chaotic save situations, examining Boston, Miami, Minnesota, Philadelphia and Seattle. We start in Boston, where pitching coach Dave Bush says that "right now" Tanner Houck (RHP, BOS) is "trending" to be the closer. Some wishy-washy words in there, but it sounds like the closer is Houck for now:

BOS                 Sv Hld  IP   ERA xERA WHIP  K%  K-BB% HR/9 pxERA
=================   == === ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ===== ==== =====
M.Strahm (L)         3   5 18.0 4.00 3.56 1.17  28    22   0.0  4.11
H.Robles             2   7 19.7 3.20 4.69 1.12  17     9   1.4  4.33
T.Houck              2   1 42.7 3.38 3.58 1.17  24    14   0.4  3.31
J.Diekman (L)        1  10 23.3 3.47 4.41 1.50  30    12   1.5 ...

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